INTERVIEW/ ADRIATIK ALIMADHI: THE “TAFILI” OPERATION, WITHOUT A PLAN OF MEASURES Former Police Chief: If there had been an operational plan, Zylyftari would be alive. Before we set out for the scene, he told me “we’ll sort out the problems later” THE KERNEL OF THE COLONEL “How Arben Zylyftari was killed” Former Police Chief: If there had been an operational plan, Zylyftari would be alive. Before we set out for the scene, he told me “we’ll sort out the problems later” By KLODIANA LALA Arben Zylyftari would be alive if the police had acted on the basis of a plan of measures...”. That is the position of Adriatik Alimadhi, now head of the Balli Kombëtar party, then former Police Chief in Shkodra. For the first time, he tells his version of the killing of Colonel Zylyftari on 2 August 2000, during the operation to capture Bahri Tafili. “No matter how dangerous Bahri Tafili and his sons were, and however he or they were regarded; if it had been thought through and studied, and the proper security measures taken, with a plan of measures, nothing would have happened; there were ways, circumstances, other measures and safe ways to carry out an operation. No matter how criminal the killing act or how dangerous the person may have been, nobody has ever defeated the police and the state historically,” Alimadhi says. According to him, if the investigative group has not substantially completed the file on this event, at the request of those interested, why not, today the possibilities... Continues on page 5

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Opinion of the Day By MIMOZA KOÇIU I have been following with great attention these days the reactions of politics and the media in Albania and Kosovo to the meeting of the Rama and Thaçi governments in Prizren. Continues on page 21 The journalistic patriotism of a prime minister

Opinion of the Day By NATASHA LAKO Whether or not we will be involved in European geopolitics by being part of the European Union is a matter that is discussed every day. ... Continues on pages 10-11 No romanticism for geopolitics and the homeland

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Meeting in Prizren, 3 agreements. Berisha greets the meeting “Is it cold?”, Rama-Thaçi banter in Prizren. The incident, Dan Plava shouts “Down with Rama”, is escorted by police. Alket Islami flies the red-and-black kite, the two governments have lunch at “Vila Park” (In photo): The two Rama-Thaçi governments yesterday in Prizren. Facsimile of the Albania-Kosovo agreement “Is it cold?”, Rama-Thaçi banter in Prizren. The incident, Dan Plava shouts “Down with Rama”, is escorted by police. Alket Islami flies the red-and-black kite, the two governments have lunch at “Vila Park” From Prizren, DARINA TANUSHI Rama-Thaçi, the city of Albanian connection!?... With this title of the historic town, the two prime ministers, the one of Kosovo and of Albania, conveyed the approach yesterday. Decorated with Albanian flags... On pages 2-3

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The unknown 18th-century manuscript, a Romanian tale about Skanderbeg Supplement